The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrate to some stroke of the imagination.

The roses under my window make no reference to former roses or better ones; they are what they are; they exist with God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.

A little integrity is better than any career.

The difference between Talent and Genius is that Talent says things which he has never heard but once, and Genius things which he has never heard.

The best part of health is fine disposition

Nature is good, but intellect is better, as the law-giver is before the law-receiver.